Algeria: Law No. 14-04 on the Audiovisual Activity including local content requirement entered into force

On 23 March 2014, Law No. 14-04 on the Audiovisual Activity entered into force. The law imposes a minimum quota of 60% nationally produced content in audiovisual programming (Article 48). Additionally, foreign content must be at least 20% dubbed into national languages. These measures aim to promote Algerian cultural production and linguistic preservation.